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ACI Worldwide Expands Pay.On Platform with Paze Wallet, Boosting U.S. Digital Checkout Options
Fintech & Ecommerce

ACI Worldwide Expands Pay.On Platform with Paze Wallet, Boosting U.S. Digital Checkout Options

ACI Worldwide has integrated Paze online checkout from Early Warning Services into its Pay.On platform, giving merchants and consumers seamless access to bank-backed digital wallets

Bakkt to Internalize Stablecoin Payments & Settlement via DTR Acquisition
Blockchain & Crypto

Bakkt to Internalize Stablecoin Payments & Settlement via DTR Acquisition

Bakkt is sharpening its focus on the future of payments as the ICE-backed crypto infrastructure firm moves to bring stablecoin settlement technology in-house by acquiring Distributed Technologies Research Ltd. (DTR).

Frankfurt Digital Finance 2026: Europe’s Financial Hub at the Crossroads of Capital Flows and Future Technologies
Fintech & Ecommerce

Frankfurt Digital Finance 2026: Europe’s Financial Hub at the Crossroads of Capital Flows and Future Technologies

On February 11 and 12, 2026, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, will once again become a meeting point for the future of Europe’s financial industry. At the Gesellschaftshaus Palmengarten, the Frankfurt Digital Finance conference will gather around 1,500 decision-makers from across the financial ecosystem – including banks, fintechs, technology companies, investors, supervisory authorities, policymakers, academia and […]

Exclusive Perks for Our Audience: PaySpace Magazine Partners with Black Swan Summit
Fintech & Ecommerce

Exclusive Perks for Our Audience: PaySpace Magazine Partners with Black Swan Summit

Big news for our community 🎉 We’re excited to announce that PaySpace Magazine Global is now an official media partner of Black Swan Summit, unlocking exclusive discounts for our audience.

Ingenico and Toshiba Launch Enterprise Mobile Checkout Solutions for North American Retailers
Fintech & Ecommerce

Ingenico and Toshiba Launch Enterprise Mobile Checkout Solutions for North American Retailers

Ingenico and Toshiba are partnering to deliver enterprise-grade mobile checkout solutions to streamline in-store payments for retailers and grocers across North America.

BitGo Plans $201M IPO to Boost Trusted Infrastructure Provider Ambitions
Blockchain & Crypto

BitGo Plans $201M IPO to Boost Trusted Infrastructure Provider Ambitions

Crypto custody provider BitGo has moved closer to the public markets with plans to raise up to $201 million in an initial public offering (IPO), targeting a valuation of around $1.96 billion.

Why Georgia Merchant Green Light Is a Big Milestone for Checkout.com
Fintech & Ecommerce

Why Georgia Merchant Green Light Is a Big Milestone for Checkout.com

Checkout.com has secured approval for a Georgia Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank (MALPB) charter, and here’s why it matters.

OPEC Fund Strengthens Partnership With African Development Bank Group During Official Mission to Côte d’Ivoire
Finance & Economics

OPEC Fund Strengthens Partnership With African Development Bank Group During Official Mission to Côte d’Ivoire

The OPEC Fund and the AfDB have partnered for nearly five decades, supporting some 120 projects across energy, transport, agriculture, water, health, education and financial sectors with US$1.5 billion in co-financing

Worldline and PSA Deepen Partnership to Power Austria’s Next-Generation Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

Worldline and PSA Deepen Partnership to Power Austria’s Next-Generation Payments

Worldline has expanded its long-standing partnership with PSA Payment Services Austria to modernise the country’s core payments infrastructure with a future-ready, sovereign European platform.

Voting Officially Opens for the 2026 British Bank Awards
Fintech & Ecommerce

Voting Officially Opens for the 2026 British Bank Awards

The voting for Smart Money People’s British bank awards 2026 has now officially opened.

Polygon Labs Inks Deal to Acquire Coinme, Sequence for $250M+ to Expand Into U.S. Licensed Stablecoin Payments
Blockchain & Crypto

Polygon Labs Inks Deal to Acquire Coinme, Sequence for $250M+ to Expand Into U.S. Licensed Stablecoin Payments

Deal strengthens Polygon’s $2T+ of onchain volume with at-scale fiat coverage, $1B+ in offchain sales, and battle-tested wallet and cross-chain infrastructure

Apple Chooses Google AI to Supercharge Siri
Science & Technology

Apple Chooses Google AI to Supercharge Siri

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, saw its market cap surpass the $4T mark for the first time as the tech giant signed a long-term partnership agreement with Apple to power its AI services, including the popular Siri assistant with Gemini AI.

Global Payments and Worldpay Officially Merge
Fintech & Ecommerce

Global Payments and Worldpay Officially Merge

The Worldpay acquisition that will boost Global Payments processing potential up to 94 billion transactions and $3.7 trillion in volume is officially complete.

Tech Firms Call For Open-Source AI Collaboration, With Chinese Companies as Leading Advocates
Science & Technology

Tech Firms Call For Open-Source AI Collaboration, With Chinese Companies as Leading Advocates

CES 2026 witnessed an increasing push for global cross-industry collaboration around open-source AI models. Chinese tech companies, like Alibaba or Deepseek, were notably primary advocates for such cooperation mechanisms.

While Experts Debate Whether Trump Credit Interest Cap Is Constitutional, Bank Shares Decline
Finance & Economics

While Experts Debate Whether Trump Credit Interest Cap Is Constitutional, Bank Shares Decline

President Trump’s plan to cap the credit card interest at 10% for a one-year term has raised fervent discussions among financial industry experts and negatively affected the share price of major U.S. banks and credit card firms.

South Korea Considers Allowing Minor Corporate Crypto Investments
Blockchain & Crypto

South Korea Considers Allowing Minor Corporate Crypto Investments

After an almost nine-year ban on crypto investments, South Korea’s officials are reportedly preparing to review the legislation so that local registered firms may use up to 5% of their equity capital to buy digital assets and diversify their portfolios.